Top Ten Downloads

From podcasts to hot rockin' tunes our guide to the best in-car entertainment for the summer is guaranteed to make your car the best ticket in town.

Annie Mac - Minimix

Cost: Free
Where: iTunes

Get your hands on these 5-minute Minimixes brought to you by Radio One's Annie Mac. Bringing together the world's hottest DJs and producers they include mixes from the likes of the Scissor Sisters, Mike Skinner and up and coming UK producers Disclosure.

The Carrie Diaries

Cost: £6.99
Where: audible.co.uk

Meet Carrie before Sex and the City. This audio version of the popular book is perfect for both summer drives and relaxing on the beach. Find out about Carrie's life before she moved to the Big Apple. Perfect entertainment for a girly holiday.

Official Cream

Cost: Free
Where: iTunes

Cream burst onto the music scene in the nineties making house music history. This free podcast series features different Cream resident DJ's and is perfect for the car. Whether you're on holiday or going out for the evening load up your iPod and pump up the volume.

Stephen Merchant - Hello Ladies

Cost: £9.99
Where: www.audible.co.uk

Best known for smash comedy The Office Stephen Merchant has stepped into the limelight with his first ever stand-up comedy routine. In search of a wife Merchant discusses the problems of being 6ft 7 and in love. This audiobook is laugh out loud funny.

Glee Karaoke

Cost: Free
Where: iTunes

This is one app that you will either love or hate. Currently the number one music app in 21 countries it allows the car passengers to sing their hearts out to the songs from the hit TV show Glee. Your voice is enhanced with pitch correction and optional harmonies so you'll always sound like a true popstar.

TuneIn radio pro

Cost: 69p
Where: iTunes and Google Play

TuneIn radio allows you to listen to the world's radio, live, local and global. Listen to sports, news and music from all corners of the globe. You can search by artist or song and find it playing on a radio station just about anywhere in the world. Perfect for when you have a song stuck in your mind that you just have to listen to.

Open table

Cost: Free
Where: iTunes

Brilliant for organising those girly lunches on the go. This app is the UK's number one restaurant booking service. Find thousand of special offers from top restaurants, read reviews and check out what's on the menu.

BBC podcasts

Cost: Free
Where: bbc.co.uk/podcasts

Covering everything from CBeebies to comedy to news programs the BBC podcasts website is the perfect place to load up your phone for free.

I, Partridge: We Need To Talk About Alan, by Alan Partridge

Cost: £3.99
Where: iTunes

Alan Partridge, the nation's favourite broadcaster has finally written his autobiography and it's laugh out loud funny. The popular character from comedian Steve Coogan charts the highs and lows of his career as a popular radio DJ. Prepare for a car journey full of belly laughs.

The Ricky Gervais podcast

Cost: Free
Where: iTunes

This free, occasional podcast from Ricky Gervais featuring Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington is simply hilarious. Gervais is one of the most popular podcast producers and according to the Guinness Book of World Records has produced the world's most downloaded podcast.

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